Compiled by the El Reportero’s staff
Come celebrate the king of tango, Carlos Gardel’s 80th anniversary of is death in an event that promises to be one-of-a-kind. Orquesta Victoria, with its 12-member band team comes directly from Buenos Aires in a Bay Area tour, bring to the Mission their best repertoire in tango music.
At the Mission Cultural Center, 2868 Mission St., San Francisco, on June 23 at 6 p.m., and on June 25 at 8 p.m. There will be a pre-concert talk. For tickets and other location shows, www.VillaCrespoProductions.com, 415-734-6478.
The third US Social Forum in San Jose
Hundreds organizations and institutions, representatives of social movements from around the world will come together at the third US Social Forum, to share their experiences and strengthen their relationships to make another world possible.
The US Social Forum (USSF), politically and economically independent, is a movement building process led by impacted communities.
The USSF provides spaces to learn from each other’s experiences and struggles, share analysis of the problems our communities face, build relationships, and align with our international brothers and sisters to strategize how to reclaim our world.
“We live day to day in crisis and struggle. For the first time in history we are experiencing a rapidly deepening crisis of global capitalism affecting millions in the United States and billions world-wide – producing austerity policies and massive permanent unemployment and poverty, social destruction, and intensifying political attacks, repression, and the threat of fascism and war everywhere.
On June 24-28, 2015, at the Washington United Youth Center, 921 S. First Street, Suite B, San Jose, California. It will also be happening in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and several satellite locations.
Campaign to Preserve, Improve, and Expand Medicare-to-All
This summer marks the 50th year of Medicare and the 80th year of Social Security, arguably the nation’s two most successful social programs, keeping millions of older and disabled people out of poverty.
Yet both programs are at a crossroads: The corporate agenda in government is to restrict who is eligible, reduce their benefits, cut their funding, and turn them over to private companies. But workers, retirees, and their families need these programs as never before.
The speakers will describe how senior groups, labor unions, and community groups are mounting a Preserve, Improve, and Expand-Medicare-to-All campaign, including a giant event at Oakland’s Ogawa Plaza on Thursday, July 30th at 11 AM. They will also describe how these groups are also actively supporting bills in Congress to improve and stabilize Social Security.
555 Ellis Street (Between Leavenworth & Hyde)
